People's Mutual Benefit Society v. Lester

The plaintiff is a foreign mutual benefit society. By arrangement between its officers and the defendant, the latter collected, within the State of Michigan, from its members living in said State, money assessed by the plaintiff upon its members, for which it recovered judgment in the circuit court. The findings of fact show that at the time of the transactions out of which this litigation grows the plaintiff had not complied with the laws of this State, and was not authorized to do business herein, but, on the contrary, was forbidden, under a penalty. How. Stat. § 4225.1

It is contended by…